Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips respond to anti-BLM boycott with #solidaritea

Yorkshire Tea’s Twitter account tells right-wing vlogger who praised the brand for not backing US protesters: ‘please don’t buy our tea again’

A very British row is brewing: two of the UK’s biggest tea brands have united in support of the Black Lives Matter protests under the #solidaritea hashtag in the face of a boycott from right-wing figures.

PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea, the second- and third-biggest tea sellers in the UK, appeared to swing the power of their brands behind the worldwide protests during exchanges on Twitter.

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